Late Breaking News
- Military Healthcare Professionals Gather For Annual MHS Conference
- More Vietnam Veterans Qualify For Agent Orange Presumption
- First Secretary of VA, Ed Derwinski, Dies
- Army Report Examines Behavioral Health
- DoD Tackles Sexual Assault With New Measures
- Schools Commit To Boosting PTSD, TBI Training And Research
- Report Examines Sexual Assaults At Military Academies
- Government Panel Asks Science Journals to Censor Bird Flu Articles
- Genitourinary Injuries Added To VA Traumatic Injury Benefits
- VA-Prescribed Antipsychotic Has No Effect on PTSD
2011 Compendium
September 2009
MRSA Prevention Initiatives Named a Priority at Military Healthcare Facilities
WASHINGTON, DC—Preventing MRSA in healthcare settings is a job for everyone. At Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC), hospital officials are working to educate all hospital personnel more...
New Director at National Institutes of Health Outlines Goals for FY2011 Funding
BETHESDA, MD—New National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD announced plans more...
New Information on H1N1 and Pregnancy
WASHINGTON, DC—In 2009, pregnant women had a higher rate of hospitalization and greater risk more...
More Wounded Soldiers Seeking Opportunities and Challenges Overcoming Their Disabilities
WASHINGTON, DC—While new improvements in in-theater medical care mean that more wounded soldiers are surviving more...
Best Practices in the Diagnoses and Treatment of PTSD and TBI
WASHINGTON, DC—Navy Capt Paul Hammer is hoping that one of these days servicemembers will be more...
Renewed Focus on Diagnosing Gulf War Illness
WASHINGTON, DC—The time and effort spent determining the cause or causes of Gulf War illness more...
Two Definitive Causes of GWI Are Pyridostigmine Bromide Pills and Extensive Use of Pesticides
WASHINGTON, DC—According to some of the authors of a Congressionally-mandated report on Gulf War more...
The Military Health System Must Deal with Obesity
WASHINGTON, DC—Just like the rest of the nation, the military health system must also deal with issues of overweight more...
Military Officials Frustrated as to Why Servicemembers Commit Suicide
WASHINGTON, DC—Military officials told a House panel they are frustrated that they continue to not know why more...
Significant Funding for Substance Abuse Approved
WASHINGTON, DC—To better support research into substance abuse problems among US military more...
